OPINIONS By Laura Watson 30 April 2019 In 1980, the English Collective of Prostitutes wrote to Len Murray, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress in the UK, asking to affiliate as a union. Since we were founded in 1975, we … Continue reading
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Independent: Police criticised for warning Swansea sex workers they could be prosecuted in clampdown
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‘It is terrifying that this is the police response to women’s situation. Women are out there because poverty has increased – particularly in that area. People are really struggling,’ says campaigner Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim Police have been criticised for … Continue reading
#MakeAllWomenSafe Campaign Press Coverage
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Press The Guardian: Decriminalise Sex Work to Protect us From Crime, Prostitutes Say. “The English Collective of Prostitutes is calling for the removal of laws relating to consensual adult sexual behaviour, arguing that the legislation forces sex … Continue reading
I News: We are single mothers and sex workers – this is what we want the Government to know about Universal Credit
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Niki Adams Thursday March 21st 2019 We have been shouting from the rooftops for years that women are being pushed into prostitution by rising poverty The recently announced inquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee into the link between Universal Credit … Continue reading
West End Extra: Protest calling for decriminalisation of sex workers ‘shuts down Soho’
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Demands for legislative changes to ‘make all women safe’ 20 March, 2019 — By Tom Foot WOMEN sex workers shut down Leicester Square in a protest calling for full decriminalisation. The strike on Friday night was part of the International Women’s Day … Continue reading
Vice: Why British Sex Workers Will Keep Pushing for Full Decriminalisation
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We spoke to The English Collective of Prostitutes about their new ‘Make All Women Safe’ campaign, which takes aim at legislation that coerces women into working alone. “Nobody should ever be promoting the criminalisation of sex work without first acknowledging … Continue reading
Novara Media: Sidelined No Longer, Sex Workers Led the Women’s Strike
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by Sophie Hemery Carried from the Bank of England to London’s Piccadilly Circus by drizzle, pop music and smoke grenades, 2019’s Women’s Strike march culminated in a performance by strippers demanding the full decriminalisation of sex work. Thousands of people danced … Continue reading
Independent: Sex workers storm New York protest against decriminalisation of prostitution
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‘Nothing about us without us’ ‘Sex workers have had a struggle to be listened to. For too long policy and law on prostitution has been dealt with without sex workers’ Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent Two sex workers stormed a demonstration … Continue reading
The F Word: Let women work together
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Niki Adams 12 March 2019 English Collective of Prostitutes spokeswoman Niki Adams writes in support of a new campaign to make sex workers safer Three women are discussing their jobs. They moan about their boss and the stresses and strains … Continue reading
Dazed: Sex workers now have a feminist movement on their side
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After years of being seen as victims, is feminist activism finally centring one of the most marginalised groups? 8 March 2019 Stacey Clare International Women’s Day is growing more powerful each year, as women take to the streets all over the … Continue reading